The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-03
HOLMAN'S VAGARIES.
A Chicago Bookmaker Nearly Para
lyzes the Hoffman House Sports.
From the Netc York Herald.

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lyzes the Hoffman House Sports.
From the NetO York Herald
A number of truly gorgeous enterprises
We're nipped in the bud yesterday at the
Coleman House by the appearance of
policeman, who arrested one of the guests
and took him to Jefferson Market Police
Court. The prisoner was Frank Holman,
well known sporting man and bookmaker,
OF Chicago, who arrived here from that city
on Wednesday and registered at the Cole
man House.
Holman was fine looking, had blazing
diamond in his shirt bosom, a imitless
stock of good stories at his tongues end and
plenty of money in his inside pocket, and
before Wednesday night was over he had
made the acquaintance of nearly every
sporting man at the big hotels along upper
Broadway.
On Thursday morning he came down
stairs at the Coleman House and dropped
into conversation with the clerk, to whom
he incidentally mentioned that a few days
before he had bought a 5-year-old horse
from farmer in Illinois, which, in private
trial the next day, had trotted a mile in
1869 The clerk was still marvelling at
this great stroke of good luck when Mr..
Holman added that he was going to Boston
next week to take the managership of a
young pugilist, an unknown" who on his
native farm had often killed an OK with a
single blow, and whom he was going to
match against Sullivan to fight in Septem-
Der for $4,000 a side
BIG WINNING.
Mr.. Holman disappeared for the remain
der of the day, but came back in the eve
| ming and carelessly remarked that he had
won $4,000 at the Long Branch races
During the evening he told several of his
new acquaintance at the Hoffman House
that he was being backed bya dozen promi-
nent politicians and millionaires in scheme
| to buy Union Square from the city and lay
out the finest race track in the world, where
| races would be run every day in the year
for enormous purses, and pool selling would
be carried on under a new system that
would insure every one half of his money
back again in any event, with chance OF
winning unlimited thousands. At this be-
wildering scheme several of his hearers be-
gan to look nervous and remembered that
| they had pressing bushes elsewhere.
Yesterday morning he announced to his
! fellow guests in the reading room of the
| Coleman House that during the night he had
won 81 600 from Mayor Hewitt on pair OF
deuces, and that he was going to Washing
ton in few days to teach Mrs. Cleveland
how to play baccarat so that she could
"break' the french Minister Wnen ne&I ne
called at the White House.
.. FOUND TO BE INSANE.
This was more than his hearers could
| stand. and one of his friends, Jenner Nc
| Donald, of No. 113 East 120th street, at the
urgent request of the proprietor, called in a
| policeman, who persuaded Holman to so
| down to the jefferson Market Police Court.
| When brought before Justice German he
warmly invited his honor TO attend the
| opening game on a vast galvanized iron
base ball ground which he was going to
build on the top of iron columns running up
| from the roofs of the Fifth Avenue Hotel
and the houses thereunto adjacent. Justice
| German gratefully accepted the invita-
| ton and ordered Holman to be sent to
Bellevue Hospital to be examined as to his
| sanity.
Holman thereupon became indignant and
| raised such q row that an ambulance was
summoned, and he was hurried over to the
| hospital. where the physician at once pro-
nounced him insane. Some of his friends
who knew him in Chicago yesterday after
noon had him transferred to BloOmingdale.
Several years ago Holman was confined
! for eighteen months in an insane asylum in
| Chicago, but was then discharged as cured.
| He has since proved very successful In bet
| ting on sporting events, and it is estimated
that he has 500, 900 worth of property, real
| and personal, in Chicago.